linux4life1/front-porch-AI
Local-first AI character chat & roleplay for Windows/macOS/Linux — a living Realism Engine, built-in TTS & image generation, and The Stoop community character hub. Fully offline by default, open-sourc
- Stars
- 80
- Forks
- 16
- Open issues
- 3
- Last push
- today
front-porch-AI star history
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About front-porch-AI
front-porch-AI is a free, open-source LLM chat app by linux4life1, written mainly in Dart. Local-first AI character chat & roleplay for Windows/macOS/Linux — a living Realism Engine, built-in TTS & image generation, and The Stoop community character hub. Fully offline by default, open-sourc. It has 80 GitHub stars and 16 forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the AGPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Commercial use
- Copyleft
- Language
- Dart
- Stars
- 80
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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front-porch-AI FAQ
Can I use front-porch-AI commercially?
With conditions. AGPL-3.0 allows commercial use, but if you modify it or build on it, even as a web service, your code must also be released under AGPL. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is front-porch-AI free?
Yes. front-porch-AI is open source and free to use. It's released under the AGPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does front-porch-AI run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, front-porch-AI works on macOS.
Does front-porch-AI need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is front-porch-AI still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 3 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to front-porch-AI?
Similar free, open-source tools include openclaw, Vane, textgen, Open-LLM-VTuber.
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